History - Ferqui

Mr. Oscar Fernández and Mr. Elías Quince are associated under the trade name of Talleres Felicidad with the aim of carrying out repairs of industrial vehicles, mainly.

The first bodywork called FERQUI, an acronym for the first surnames of D. Oscar and D. Elías, is born. It was a 10 m vehicle. length and 35 seats.

Also at this time, transformations are made in American “haigas” to turn them into funerary vehicles.

Coach body restilyngs that would last over time:

The activity of Talleres Felicidad is divided equally between repairs and the manufacture of bodies, both of vehicles of different sizes and types, as well as coaches and special bodies.

Land is acquired in the town of Noreña for the construction of a new factory.

The trading company Carrocerías Ferqui, S.L. is incorporated.

During the period 1970-1980 there was a significant increase in the demand for coach and midibus bodies, which required a modernization of the models.

The midibus and minibus market begins to gain importance. Cuerpos Ferqui, which had already been manufacturing this type of vehicle, intensifies its production and sale of these models on Sava, Mercedes and Ebro chassis.

At the request of several long-distance coach operators, Carrocerías Ferqui, S.L. embarked on the manufacture of elevated “camel” type vehicles, which were fashionable at the time.

At the same time, and following this same line, special vehicles are manufactured under the prism of this model.

In the summer of this year, the Condal model is presented at the International Trade Fair in Gijón, in its long-distance version A.

Several versions of this model were built:

Intercity

Several versions of this model were built:

Commuter

Several versions of this model were built:

Commuter

Several versions of this model were built:

Midibuses

Following an agreement with the Coaches and Buses Division of Mercedes-Benz Spain, the transformation of the Mercedes-Benz 811-D van into a 21-seater minibus with a driver begins this year.

Continuing with the line of manufacture of special bodies, Cuerpos Ferqui begins the transformation of the Mercedes 120-D van into an ambulance.

Following an agreement with the Coaches and Buses Division of Mercedes-Benz Spain, the transformation of the Mercedes-Benz 811-D van into a 21-seater minibus with a driver begins this year.

During the decade 1981-1991 the Condal model, in its different bodywork, underwent innovations until 1982 when a version of this model was made on a Pegaso 5231 frame, destined for passenger transport during Expo 92 in Seville.

And also, the application of this body model served as a basis for the manufacture of special vehicles:

This last version of the Condal model would be the prelude to the Narcea model in 1993

Like the Condal model, the Narcea model was manufactured on different frames and, on this occasion, for 12 m coaches. rear-engined midibuses and front- and rear-engined midibuses.

This year, and in view of the exponential growth in sales of minibuses, Carrocerías Ferqui, S.L. reaches an agreement with Ford for the manufacture of the Transit GT Bus 14 model for all of Europe.

Due to the success in the sale of minibuses and midibuses, the management of Carrocerías Ferqui, S.L., decided to cease the bodywork of 12 m vehicles. and to dedicate itself exclusively to the manufacture of minibuses and midibuses of less than 9 m. length.

For this reason, it is preparing to launch the F3 model, a 9 m midibus. length and 35 seats, on Iveco, Man and Mercedes-Benz chassis.

Following the line of special vehicles, this body was also manufactured in the Bibliobús version, a version that continues in time with the successors of this model.

At this year’s fair in Birmingham, the Bambino model is presented on a right-hand drive Ford Transit chassis.

In the same year, it would also be manufactured with left-hand drive.

Production of the Sorocco model begins, based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter mechanics, with 16 seats plus driver, and right-hand drive.

For the left-hand drive market, this version would be referred to as the Sunset.

It would also be built on Iveco frames and would reach a capacity of up to 19 seats plus driver.

Like any successful bodywork on the market and, therefore, long-lived, it would assume a series of improvements and small image changes.

In February 2006 and on the basis of the Mercedes-Benz O814 frame, the right-hand drive Toro and left-hand drive Salero bodies were presented, which would eventually serve as models of the Sunrise body.

Like any successful bodywork on the market and, therefore, long-lived, it would assume a series of improvements and small image changes.

It was in 2009 that the Iveco Sunrise was presented on the frame.

Also this year, the Radius model was presented, consisting of a transformation of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van into a minibus.

A low-cost version of the Radius model is manufactured, on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, called Fenix, with 19 seats plus driver and with the possibility of incorporating a platform for column or cassette PRM.

This same transformation was carried out on Volkswagen obtaining a minibus of up to 22 seats plus driver called Coco.

In 2014, the F5 model was presented, with 35 seats plus driver, bodywork on Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis and on Man.

In May 2015, the Dino nº1 leaves the facilities of Carrocerías Ferqui. A vehicle that is obtained from the transformation of an Iveco 50C18 van.

In 2016, the new Ferqui bodywork, called Nora, manufactured on an Iveco Eurocargo CC100 chassis, was presented at Iveco Spain’s facilities.

This model is manufactured in 2 versions: one of 8 m. with 31 seats and another 9 m. with 37.

The new Sunset S4 bodywork on Mercedes-Benz 519 Sprinter chassis is presented at the Expobús Fair in Silleda (Pontevedra).

In the last quarter of 2022, the Nora model was restyled, with a substantial change to the entire front and front sides of the vehicle, renaming it Nora Travel.